International Procol Harum day

Celebrated on 12 May annually

It was the late Beverly Peyton (many Procol articles by her may be found here) who first proposed an International Procol Harum Day for the new century, as follows:

Hi Palers!
Thirty-three years ago today 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' was released and in Procoldom that makes it International Procol Harum Day!
May I suggest we all play that song at least 33 times before day's end? ;-)

By way of celebration for 2003 Jonas Söderström, also a prolific contributor to 'Beyond the Pale' now kindly sends us the above new portrait of the group at work, taken at Lewisham, London, on 15 March 2003 (thanks, Jonas!)